Senior Project Planner

Free-Work UK; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training

Development

Pension

Life Insurance

Job summary

Free-Work UK in Manchester is seeking a Senior Project Planner to join a growing consultancy. Embedded in a major infrastructure programme, you will maintain schedules across workstreams, support governance and provide stakeholders with clear delivery progress.

You should have strong Primavera P6 experience, be eligible for BPSS clearance, and comfortable collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure schedules are accurate and reliable. Hybrid work is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in project planning within infrastructure/utilities.
• Strong Primavera P6 capability.
• Ability to communicate with project teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Maintain programme schedules across multiple workstreams
• Support planning governance, standards and reporting
• Ensure risks, dependencies and change are reflected in schedules
• Support scenario modelling and schedule reviews
• Provide planning updates to project teams and stakeholders
• Hybrid role with 3 days per week on-site in Manchester

Skills

Project planning

Primavera P6

Stakeholder communication

Schedule maintenance

Governance

Risk and dependency management

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

£65,000 to £75,000 + Training + Development + Pension + Life Insurance

An excellent opportunity awaits a project planner with strong commercial experience in the infrastructure or utilities sector, looking to develop their career within complex, high-profile programmes. This role sits within a growing consultancy offering genuine exposure, responsibility and progression.

Senior Project Planner (BPSS Clearance)

Manchester (Hybrid)

This company is a growing digital consultancy operating across major infrastructure projects, with a strong focus on the digital tools and technology they develop to strengthen project controls in highly regulated sectors.

In this role you'll be embedded within a complex infrastructure project, supporting the planning function across multiple workstreams. You'll work with the wider planning and project controls team to maintain schedule integrity, ensure risk and dependencies are properly reflected in the programme, and provide stakeholders with a clear view of delivery progress. This role is hybrid, based 3 days on-site in Nottingham and 3 days remote.

The ideal candidate will come from a project planning background within infrastructure or utilities. You'll be confident maintaining schedules, supporting governance frameworks and working with wider project teams to ensure programmes remain accurate and reliable. Strong Primavera P6 capability is important, alongside the ability to communicate clearly with project teams and stakeholders. The right person must be eligible for UK security clearance and meet nationality requirements due to programme sensitivity.

This is a great opportunity for a planner looking to gain exposure to complex infrastructure programmes while developing their experience within a consultancy environment as the team continues to grow.

The Role

• Support the maintenance of programme schedules across multiple workstreams
• Assist with planning governance, standards and reporting processes
• Ensure risks, dependencies and change are reflected within project schedules
• Support scenario modelling and schedule reviews
• Provide planning updates and reporting to project teams and stakeholders
• Hybrid role based 3 days per week in Manchester

The Person

• Project planning background within infrastructure or utilities environments
• Experience working with project schedules within complex programmes
• Comfortable working with project teams and supporting planning processes
• Strong commercial Primavera P6 experience
• Keen to develop within a project control or planning environment
• Must be eligible for BPSS Clearance

Benefits

• Training
• Development
• Pension
• Life Insurance

The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer.

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will come from a project planning background within infrastructure or utilities. You'll be confident maintaining schedules, supporting governance frameworks and working with wider project teams to ensure programmes remain accurate and reliable. Strong Primavera P6 capability is important, alongside the ability to communicate clearly with project teams and stakeholders. The right person must be eligible for UK security clearance and meet nationality requirements due to programme sensitivity.